MIRABILIA LYON

Dazzling from the depths of black

This “Noir Impérial” exhibition in Lyon will be
be enhanced by the presence of a sumptuous Indian ink wash
by writer Gao Xingjian,
winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000.

Gao's pictorial work is closely linked to his written work
with his written work, for both possess the
possess the dazzling clarity of an outpouring
that sometimes comes to us from the darkest depths
of human history.

In this wash, whose expressive power comes from its
formal sobriety, we feel the redemptive vertigo
redemptive vertigo of man merging with the nobility
and mystery of vast imaginary landscapes
conducive to the free flight of the soul's spirit.


Pierre Souchaud,
essayist and founder of Artension magazine